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8 Ways to Navigate The Restaurant Staff Shortage

Lavu

Some owners have had to take on multiple roles themselves or hire unqualified staff, affecting the quality of service and customer experience. Some have involved staffing agencies, increased wages, offered signing bonuses, or implemented referral programs to attract new employees in the service industry.

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How to write a restaurant marketing plan that puts butts in seats [Ideas and Strategies]

7 Shifts

They're people leaders, customer service providers, line cooks, inventory managers, occasional bartenders, public relations reps, number crunchers, and even marketers. You need to put yourself in front of diners, get them in your door, and turn them into ambassadors of your restaurant that come back and tell their friends about you.

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Top-Effective Tech Solutions to Improve Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Mobile Order Applications Mobile smart order apps for waiters help to speed up the service and manage the orders right at the guest’s table. A mobile order app will enable the clients to conduct restaurant management and delivery systems automatically, faster, and completely online with the help of new innovative solutions.

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The ultimate guide to restaurant technology for restaurant owners

Open for Business

Once upon a time, most restaurants operated on a patchwork of paper systems involving notebooks and back-of-the-napkin calculations, not to mention information owners and managers kept in their heads, hunches, and habits. Streamline the front of house. Run a smooth back of house. Manage your team and costs.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their opinions on what we can expect in 2021. I think that guests will be choosy with where they go out in the future, and concepts that provide an authentic and safe experience will definitely have the edge. Here are their responses. Lavu CEO Saleem S.

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Beyond the Four Walls: Why Now Is the Time for Restaurants to Leverage Digital

Modern Restaurant Management

Those pivots are also reflected in the digital world, in which websites that previously offered little more than a business’s name, address and phone number now have much higher consumer requirements. Data shows that a large part of the consumer experience has extended beyond the four walls.

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Table Turnover Rate in Your Restaurant: How to Improve & Seat Incomplete Parties

Lavu

You can’t fix your table turnover rate without understanding the two key components: the total number of tables and the total number of customers served over a specific period. This should include all tables available for seating customers. What is Restaurant Table Turnover Rate?

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